In New York.. Tribeca Film Festival

International premiere for Levan Akin's Swedish "Certain People" 

  • Still from “Certain People” (Katinkas Kalas) directed by Levan Akin. Screened in Swedish with English subtitles at the Tribeca Film festival. Photos: Filmlance International AB/Niklas Alexandersson

  • Tribeca Film Festival
    Among the selected features at this year's festival were a few Scandinavian films. Among the narrative films, from Sweden, comes “Certain People” (Katinkas Kalas), which opened in Sweden in January, and has its international premiere here. Certain People @ Tribeca Directed by Levan Akin, the film depicts a small group of upper middle-class hipsters in their early thirties who gather to celebrate Katinka's birthday.
 The pleasant atmosphere of the party is interrupted by uninvited guest Linda, a blonde game show hostess.
    Among the documentaries, from Denmark: Ballroom Dancer. Also from Denmark in the Cinemania category “Eddie - The Sleepwalker Cannibal” and from Norway comes “Jackpot” and from Finland “Rat King” in the same category.

  • "Katinka is a bit of an enigma and hard to read, but if you watch carefully you will notice her true self breaking through... I prepared for the character by studying celebritities and royalties who often keep up a similar public persona." Mia Mountain, who plays Katinka in "Certain People" is in New York to join the cast at Off-Broadway success "Sleep No More" Photographed in New York by Hanna Aqvilin

  • Among the documentaries is also “The Russian Winter” directed by our original graphic designer of Nordic Reach Magazine, art director and friend Petter Ringbom. The Russian Winter @ Tribeca a documentary covering Brooklyn musician John Forté and his band while touring Russia
    See the trailer here: The Russian Winter – Trailer

  • Tribeca Film Festival, April 18-29
    Robert de Niro and Jane Rosenthal founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 in response to 9/11 to help restore prosperity in Lower Manhattan. Today, the festival is known world wide and is the most prominent in the U.S. next to Sundance.
    The full Tribeca Film Festival Filmguide